IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WORDPLAY
Credit : Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
August 10, 2009

Complete the following analogies using wordplay. For example, given the analogy

PINK : PEN :: PLEAD : __________ ,

the answer word would be PENCIL.

Explanation: If you remove the P form PINK, you have INK, which is inside a PEN. If you remove the P from PLEAD, you have LEAD, which is inside a PENCIL.

1. PUMPERNICKEL : FIVE :: HEADQUARTER : _______
2. FLOW : CUB :: REED : __________
3. COMPARISON : FRANCE :: TIMBERLINE : ________
4. RAISE : RAM :: SPICES : __________
5. ORDINARY : IRAQ :: SHRUBLESS : __________
6. RECIPE : FRANKLIN :: TRACER : ____________

Answers:

1. TWENTY-FIVE
2. FAWN (FLOW backwards is WOLF)
3. GERMANY
4. FISH (RAISE anagrammed is AIRES)
5. RUSSIA (DINAR and RUBLE)
6. JIMMY (RECIPE anagrammed is PIERCE)